The inevitable discovery exception provides that “[i]f the state can establish by a preponderance of the evidence that the fruits of a challenged search ‘ultimately or inevitably would have been discovered by lawful means,’ then the seized evidence is admissible even if the search violated the warrant requirement.” State v. Licari, 659 …show more content…
In fact, in some cases, officers comb “every square inch of a home,” which would have led them to have inevitably find the drugs hidden in Appellant’s closet. (T 10). Deputy Marshall discovered marijuana in plain view after it fell out of the first box, and he subsequently found the second boxes near the first box. (T 8, 9). It was reasonable to believe the boxes could have contained additional evidence of drugs. Moreover, officers would have inevitably executed the search warrant of Appellant’s house, including the master bedroom closet, and would have uncovered partially closed boxes in that closet. As a container and area in which drugs could be hidden and/or stored, officers would have reasonably opened the boxes to discover additional illegal drugs of marijuana and